32 Thoughts Podcast | Chatting with Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness

Sounds like this chat with Winnipeg head coach Rick Bowness was recorded the day after the Boston game and in advance of the Jets game against the Leafs in Toronto. Starts at the 1:21:05 and runs until 2:02:00.

Topics:

1) Did he anticipate the team being this good? (1:21:05)
2) Team wanting to prevent the empty netter vs Bruins (1:23:03)
3) Why does it take awhile for a team to fall back to their ‘new style of play’ (1:24:57)
4) Do you need results to make this work? (1:27:22)
5) Who was it important for him to get ‘buy-in’ from? (1:28:17)
6) What was most impactful thing he heard from a player? (1:30:18)
7) When did he know when Connor Hellebuyck was staying? (1:32:00)
8) Thoughts on Gabriel Vilardi before/after becoming a Jet (1:32:56)
9) What does he consider the laziest/most selfish thing a player can do? (1:34:39)
10) Does he practice line changes? (1:36:17)
11) Player he played with/coached who was notorious for bad line changes (1:36:52)
12) When does he get involved when players have a disagreement? (1:38:57)
13) Who was the best player at controlling the room? (1:39:45)
14) Was there ever a time he had to discipline a player privately? (1:41:16)
15) Can he be more blunt with Scheifele than he can with Perfetti? (1:42:25)
16) Being more careful about how you talk to players nowadays. (1:44:32)
17) How does he get Cole Perfetti to the next level? (1:45:48)
18) What does he think about the Minnesota Wild? (1:47:42)
19) The current rivalry between the Jets and Wild (1:49:06)
20) Who do his players hate the most? Wild? Leafs? Third option? (1:50:21)
21) What happened behind the scenes to make this a “happier place”? (1:50:53)
22) How much did it take off Mark Scheifele’s shoulder when it was all sorted? (1:52:51)
23) How on this team could be a coach? (1:53:43)
24) Does he find they are getting every team’s ‘A’ game? (1:54:04)
25) How is Judy doing? (1:55:41)
26) The bright future of Ryan Bowness (1:56:32)
27) Did the jacket make the trip? (1:58:56)
28) Impact of PWHL ‘jailbreak’ rule (i.e shorthanded goal ends PP) (1:59:06)
29) Does he like the way 3 on 3 is played? (2:00:44)